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Greetings golfers,

Welcome to another edition to your weekly pro shop newsletter bringing you all the news from Wortley Golf Club. Enjoy this week's read!

Club Championship

Rob & Eileen become Club Champions

The Club Championships were held last weekend and were, as ever, a keenly-contested event with Ladies and Gentleman hoping to become the winners of their respective events.

This year’s winner was Rob Andrews whose 147 total was good enough for a 3 shot leader over Lewis Gill who rallied with a 71 in round 2. 3rd place went to Kevin Denton on 154. In the nett category Richard Silcock was the winner with 139 closely followed by John Richmond on 140.

The Ladies Champion was Eileen Hayes who scored 188 for 2 rounds winning by 7 from Elaine Robinson on 195 while in 3rd was Audrey Lee with 196. The ladies nett was won by Marilyn Steel on 148 with Caroline Taylor a further shot back on 149.

Full results can be found on Howdidido.

Club news

New signage taking shape

The new course signs are now almost complete and the tee markers look great on the course. The new signage up around the clubhouse and putting green look very smart and professional.

There are still a few tee signs available for sponsorship, so if you know anyone who might be interested in this great offer please contact the office for details.

New Signage

Birthdays

Happy Birthday Andy!

I’m starting a new section this week and maybe it will become a feature. But maybe not as some of us are a little age shy! Anyway this young fellow was nominated by his buddies who have, by all accounts, quite a lively WhatsApp group.

“A slow golfer is getting even slower from all the Jubilee fiddle lads.”

Happy Birthday Andy. Here’s to many more.

Happy Birthday

Upcoming events

Dates for your diary

Sat 22nd - Ladies Medal 8
Sun 23rd - Grenoside Visiting Party 10 Players at 10 Oclock
Tue 25th - Ladies Parkin Cup and Harry Lister
Wed 26th - Horbury Golf Society 16 Players at 9:30 and 1:30

The planned 9 Hole Stableford on Fri 21st will now be played later in the season. We would really like to get a regular monthly 9 hole and social evening going but are finding it tricky to find dates that don’t clash with fixtures already booked.

It is, however, something we are keen to get off the ground, so I will keep you posted and hopefully sooner rather than later we can make a start.

It's not just about hitting the green…

If you really want to lower your scores this year it's important that you don’t just settle for hitting the green, but instead focus on hitting the right part to avoid three-putt territory. This will be a key consideration for the pros at Royal Birkdale this week, just take the 17th green for example:

Birkdale 17th green

THREE-PUTT TERRITORY

While aiming for the middle of the green is usually a safe bet, if the flag is on a tier an approach to the wrong level (red zone above) will often lead to a three putt.

TRUST YOUR CLUBS

Having faith in your clubs and knowing their yardages allows you to be confident and aggressive when you need to go at a flag that is hidden by a hazard or tier (green zone above).

Wilson Staff D300 iron

CUSTOM FITTING WITH WILSON STAFF

One way to enhance your confidence and learn all your yardages is to have a fitting session with a member of our team.

If you’ve not upgraded in a while, you’ll also notice that new sets like the Wilson Staff D300 irons can offer a lot more distance and forgiveness in a relatively small head, helping your mishits fly much straighter.

Come and speak to a member of the team next time you're at the club or get in touch via the button below.

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Playing a new course isn't easy

A lot of golfers get excited about going to play at new courses - whether that's in club matches, invitation days or just a game with friends - but usually they go ill-prepared and find themselves struggling when it comes to judging new holes and hidden hazards. Take the below illustration for example:

Hole Illustration

A GARMIN GPS DEVICE CAN HELP

When you tackle a new course it can be very tough to gauge how far you have to hazards and to greens that sit above or below the fairway, which is why it's often difficult to play to your handicap.

However, with a GPS golf watch like the Garmin Approach S60, you can have a caddie on your wrist that identifies trouble via large colour maps on its touchscreen display.

It also delivers precise green and lay-up yardages for over 40,000 courses worldwide and you can get distances to any point on the course using Touch Targeting.

Garmin Approach S60 watch

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The most forgiving model in golf

We know that many of you have chosen to play PING products in the past, which is why we're sure that you'll love their brand new driver.

The G400 comes with PING's first ever forged face, more prominent turbulators and a tungsten sole weight to deliver longer drives and fairway-finding forgiveness - the ideal combination. A new iron, Crossover, hybrid and fairway wood complete this impressive line-up, so watch our video below to find out how your game could benefit from PING's latest range.

PING G400 woods

PING G400 video

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Video of the Week

It's Open Championship week so what better way to get into the spirit than by watching an exclusive interview with three-time winner Gary Player on Royal Birkdale, The Open and who he wants to see lift the Claret Jug come Sunday?

We hope you enjoyed our newsletter. If you have any queries or questions please pop into the shop and feel free to ask. Regards Richard.

Wortley Golf Club
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Wortley
Sheffield
S35 7DF

Phone: 01142886490

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